- Before we get started with this coursethere are a few things you need to know.This course applies to shapes and smart artwhich are core features that are availablein Microsoft Office, and Office 365 applications.The videos and exercise files are focusedon Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word,but many of the features are also availablein programs like Microsoft Excel and Outlook.In this course I'm using PowerPointas part of Office 365, but the features are similarto Office 2013 and you can also findmany of the same features in Office 2010 products.

Not all features are available or exactly alikein each application.But most concepts are similar across the programs.If you need more details on what's availablein each program, refer to Microsoft Help.

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5/13/2015

Learn how to create conceptual shapes and art for PowerPoint presentations quickly, add graphics to a flyer in Word, and leverage Office to spice up other business docs. This course walks you through adding shapes and SmartArt to Office docs, and building everything from conceptual graphics to Venn diagrams. Author Toni Saddler-French first explains the basics of working with Office art. She then shows how to resize, organize, and format shapes, and enhance them with fills, themes, preset formats, textures, gradients, 3D effects, and more. In the final chapters, she'll cover working with SmartArt, including advanced tricks such as converting bullets and text into SmartArt diagrams.